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Iwj Charitable Foundation Co Charles Schneider

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$12k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$700
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$14kHuman Services$11kRecreation & Sports$10kYouth Development$4kHealth$4kHousing & Shelter$4kFood & Nutrition$2kEnvironment$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $9,425, the rows itemized in this filing. The $11,775 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,350 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$350
Median grant
1
States reached
$250k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STEP$700
REACH OUT FOR WARMTH$600
SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES$500
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$500
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES$400
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND FOOD SHELF$400
NORTHSIDE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER$375
BIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS OF MN$350
NECHAMA$350
SARCOMA CANCER FUND$350
EMERGE$350
LUTHERN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MN$350
STUFF FOR SCHOOL$350
FRASER SCHOOL$350
GUILD INCORPORATED$350
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$34k · 24 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
7

Total granted

$34k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+5%

Still filing today

38%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationEnvironmentCivil RightsReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SC
    SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES
    4× · 2021–2024 · $2k · revenue +13%
  • PF
    PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1k · revenue +20%
  • SA
    SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • OY
    OPEN YOUR HEART TO THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS
    one grant, 2021 · $400 · revenue -14%
  • LB
    LITTLE BROTHERS OF THE ELDERLY
    one grant, 2021 · $300
  • CK
    COURAGE KENNY REHABILITION INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2021 · $300
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Matrix Housing Services

The mission of matrix housing services is to deliver high-quality programs and well rounded services for people experiencing homelessness.

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2
Mercy House Minneapolis
Human Services
3
Partners for Affordable Housing

Partners for Affordable Housing is missioned to provide shelter for homeless families and individuals and help them secure economically viable long term housing. The Organization owns and operates a number of scattered site housing…

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4
Arc Northland

To promote and protect the rights of people with disabilities and their families while supporting inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetime.

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5
Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless

To ensure every minnesotan has a safe, decent, and affordable place to call home. we engage in community education activities, public policy advocacy, and providing technical assistance to service providers across the state.

Human Services
6
Touchstone Mental Health

Touchstone mental health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. we envision a world where all people whose lives are affected by mental illness will flourish with effective treatment, quality…

Human Services
7
South Metro Human Services

Radias health is a non-profit mental health & substance use disorders services organization customizing community based services through the integration of knowledge, compassion, and collaboration. we are committed to being an inclusive,…

Human Services
8
Oasis Central Minnesota Inc

Our mission is to provide safe, temporary shelter for individuals and families experiencing housing insecurities, and connect them to community resources.

Human Services
9
Minnesota Housing Partnership

Minnesota housing partnership (mhp) expands housing and community development opportunity by leading collaborative work to promote systems change and grow develoopment capacity.

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10
Neighborhood Housing Services of Duluth One Roof Lending

To provide financing that will help people of lower income find, purchase, and fix their homes, for both single family homes as well as rental housing situations.

Community Improvement
11
Habitat for Humanity of Prairie Lakes

To create decent and affordable housing for those in need and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience with people everywhere.

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12
Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services

Through shelter and housing, advocacy and supportive services, our mission is to prevent and end homelessness in our community.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fraser; the most unlike its peers is Pollinator Friendly Alliance Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STEP: $2,800 · OtherSTEPREACH OUT FOR WARMTH: $2,400 · OtherREACH OUT FOR WARMTHRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $2,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSESECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND FOOD SHELF: $1,600 · OtherSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND FOOD SHELFJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $1,600 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICESNORTHSIDE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1,500 · OtherNORTHSIDE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTEREMERGE: $1,400 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $1,250 · OtherBIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS OF MN: $1,250 · OtherGuild: $1,250 · OtherLUTHERN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MN: $1,250 · OtherSARCOMA CANCER FUND: $1,250 · OtherSTUFF FOR SCHOOL: $1,250 · OtherSIMPSON HOUSING SERVICES INC: $1,250 · OtherNECHAMA: $950 · OtherFRASER SCHOOL: $950 · OtherCHABAD ACADEMY INC: $950 · Other+6 more: $1,900 · Other+6 moreSENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR COMMUNIT…PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $1,250 · Human ServicesPROJECT FOR PRI…SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $1,250 · Human ServicesSHARING AND CAR…FRASER: $300 · Human ServicesFRASERSHA ARIM INC: $1,250 · EducationPOLLINATOR FRIENDLY ALLIANCE INC: $1,250 · EnvironmentPACER CENTER INC: $950 · Civil RightsAGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC: $950 · Religion
Other$26,800Human Services$4,800Education$1,250Environment$1,250Civil Rights$950Religion$950

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHA ARIM INC: $1,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPOLLINATOR FRIENDLY ALLIANCE INC: $1,250 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetGuild: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSIMPSON HOUSING SERVICES INC: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPACER CENTER INC: $950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC: $950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN YOUR HEART TO THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRASER: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds SHA ARIM INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds POLLINATOR FRIENDLY ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Guild ↗
  • Who funds SIMPSON HOUSING SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds PACER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN YOUR HEART TO THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS ↗
  • Who funds FRASER ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF CHARITY ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Minneapolis Found…Minneapolis Jewish Fe…Edina Realty Foundati…Otto Bremer TrustMightycause Charitabl…Shavlik Family Charit…Margaret a Cargill Fo…The Richard M Schulze…Saint Paul & Minnesot…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
The Minneapolis FoundationMN17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Minneapolis Jewish Federation · Edina Realty Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Shavlik Family Charitable Trust · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
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Find your warmest path to Iwj Charitable Foundation Co Charles Schneider through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $12k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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